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First Amendment In A Hostile Environment: A Primer On Free Speech And Sexual Harassment, Jules B. Gerard Jun 1999

First Amendment In A Hostile Environment: A Primer On Free Speech And Sexual Harassment, Jules B. Gerard

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reagan Redux: Civil Rights Under Bush, Neal Devins Jun 1999

Reagan Redux: Civil Rights Under Bush, Neal Devins

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.


Panel Remarks Civil Rights Division Association Symposium: The Civil Rights Division At Forty, Michael A. Middleton Apr 1999

Panel Remarks Civil Rights Division Association Symposium: The Civil Rights Division At Forty, Michael A. Middleton

Faculty Publications

Welcome to all of you to the second of our Symposia. This is the fortieth year of the Civil Rights Division. Our focus this morning will be the Division's past and where it should be going in the future.


Anatomy Of An Affirmative Duty To Protect: 42 U.S.C. Section 1986, Linda E. Fisher Mar 1999

Anatomy Of An Affirmative Duty To Protect: 42 U.S.C. Section 1986, Linda E. Fisher

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Must Congress End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia? A Constitutional Debate , American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: Must Congress End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia? A Constitutional Debate , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Uprooting The Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriages, John Culhane Jan 1999

Uprooting The Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriages, John Culhane

John G. Culhane

No abstract provided.


Balancing Efficiency And Justice: In Support Of The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Policy Statement Regarding Mandatory Arbitration And Employment Contracts , Gina K. Janeiro Jan 1999

Balancing Efficiency And Justice: In Support Of The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Policy Statement Regarding Mandatory Arbitration And Employment Contracts , Gina K. Janeiro

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Political Economy Of Recognition: Affirmative Action Discourse And Constitutional Equality In Germany And The U.S.A., Kendall Thomas Jan 1999

The Political Economy Of Recognition: Affirmative Action Discourse And Constitutional Equality In Germany And The U.S.A., Kendall Thomas

Faculty Scholarship

This paper undertakes a comparative exploration of affirmative action discourse in German and American constitutional equality law. The first task for such a project is to acknowledge an important threshold dilemma. The difficulty in question derives not so much from dissimilarities between the technical legal structures of German and American affirmative action policy. The problem stems rather from the different social grounds and groupings on which those legal structures have been erected. Because German "positive action"' applies only to women, gender and its cultural meanings have constituted the paradigmatic subject of the policy. The legal discussion of positive action has …


Integrating Gender Into Legal Education: Obstacles And Challenges, Leonor Vain Jan 1999

Integrating Gender Into Legal Education: Obstacles And Challenges, Leonor Vain

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Why Constitutional Torts Deserve A Book Of Their Own, Michael Wells, Thomas A. Eaton, Sheldon H. Nahmod Jan 1999

Why Constitutional Torts Deserve A Book Of Their Own, Michael Wells, Thomas A. Eaton, Sheldon H. Nahmod

Seattle University Law Review

Over thirty years ago, Marshall Shapo coined the term "constitutional tort" to denote a suit brought against an official, charging a constitutional violation and seeking damages.' In the years since Shapo's pathbreaking article, the number of such suits has grown exponentially.' The suits have generated a host of new substantive and remedial issues, yet conventional casebooks on constitutional law and federal courts give little attention to the area. That Professor Shapiro had four books to include in his review of “Civil Rights” casebooks in the Seattle University Law Review is some indication of a demand for teaching materials currently unmet …


53 Years In The Struggle For Equal Rights: An African-American Jurist's Life In The Law (Equal Justice Under The Law: An Autobiography By Constance Baker Motley), Lancelot B. Hewitt Jan 1999

53 Years In The Struggle For Equal Rights: An African-American Jurist's Life In The Law (Equal Justice Under The Law: An Autobiography By Constance Baker Motley), Lancelot B. Hewitt

Touro Law Review

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Leveling The Playing Field: Reforming The Office For Civil Rights To Achieve Better Title Ix Enforcement, Sudha Setty Jan 1999

Leveling The Playing Field: Reforming The Office For Civil Rights To Achieve Better Title Ix Enforcement, Sudha Setty

Faculty Scholarship

In this Article the Author discusses improving Title IX compliance in athletic programs by reforming the Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), the agency within the Department of Education responsible for Title IX enforcement. The Author addresses several problem areas within OCR's procedures, including OCR's approach toward student grievances, its standards for assessing alleged Title IX violations, and its inadequate monitoring and enforcement of institutions in violation of Title IX.

Part I introduces the history of Title IX. Part II describes the legislation and regulations that mandate gender equity in educational institutions. Part III summarizes the case law that has affected …